Marginal protector and guard for desk pads or blotters



A. S. FISHER.

MARGINAL PROTECTOR AND GUARD FOR'DESK PADS 0R BLOTTERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- I, 1919.

. 1 3 57 97 1 4 Patel ltfid NOV. 9, 1920.

. ANDREW S. FISHER, OF ALIOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MAneINAL rno'rnoroa AND Guano r03 DESK PADS on Brownies.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filedMarch 1, 1919. Serial No, 280,008.

1 '0 all w homz't may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW S. FISHER,

citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county ofBlair and State of Pennsylvanla, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Marginal Pro- I tectors and Guards for Desk Pads orBlotters, of which the following isa specification. r

This invention relates to an improved marginal guard and protector fordesk pads, blotters, and the like, and has as its primary object toprovide a device ofthischaracter which may be preadily applied to padsand blotters as now in use for protecting and covering the side marginsand edges of the blotter or pad sq as to prevent wear thereon as well asobviate the common unsightliness of said edges. r

The invention has as a further object to provide a device of thischaracter which will be yieldably held in place upon the pad or blotterso that, when desired, the device may be readily removed and wherein thepresence of the guard and protector upon the pad or blotter will notinterfere with the normal use thereof.

The invention has as a still further ob- 'ect to provide a guard andprotector which, when used inconnection with a pad having ast1flibody,will tend to prevent warping thereof.

And a further object of the invention is to provide a device which willprevent pencils or the like from rolling off of a pad, while the devicemay carry a measuring scale as well as suitable advertising matter andwill thus provide an'attractive advertising novelty.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional type of pad andblotter equipped with a pair of my improved devices,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 andlooking in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a conventional type of pad and blotterhaving one of my improved devices arranged at each margin thereof, and 7Fig.4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner in which theguard and protector is formed at its ends for engagement beneath thecorner pockets of a pad.

In order that the construction and manner of use of my improved devicemay be accurately understood I have, inthe drawlngs, shown the device inconnection with a conventional type of flexible desk pad 10 having theusual leather corner pockets 11, a blotter 12 being shown upon the pad,and

engaged at its corners in these pockets. The device of the presentinvention is preferably formed from a single piece of suitable resilientmaterial and includes a flat elongated body 13 which, as particularlyshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, is preferably formed with roundedterminal edges. At its inner margin the body is provided withan obliqueforwardly and downwardly directed flange 14 extending from end to end ofthe body and formed on the body at its outer edge isa downwardlydirected guard flange 15. This latter flangeextends throughout the majorportion of the length'of the body and is disposed at substantially rightangles thereto. 'At'the ends of the flange 15, the body is cut awaycorresponding to the thickness of said slightly reduced end portions 16having theirouter edgesfflush withthe inner face ofthe flange, Aswill beseen, a device cone structed as just described may be readily stamped atone operation from a piece of suitable resilient sheet metal. However,if

desired, the device may,of course, be formed of celluloid, fiber orother approved material and may be embossed, colored or enameled tomatch the colors of a standard pad or blotter a In Fig. 1 I have shown apair of the devices in position upon the pad 10 at the front and rearmargins thereof. In applying the guard and protector, the flange 15thereof is presented outwardly when the'device is laid flat against theblotter 12 and its reduced end portions 16 engaged beneath the pockets11 at corresponding corners of thepad. Thedevice is then shiftedoutwardly untilthe flange 15 engages, in the manner shown in Fig. 2,over the adjacent side edges of the blotter and pad when the terminals16 of the device will be received within said pockets abutting at theirouter edges with the corresponding outer side portions of flange and isthus formed with the pockets; These terminals will thus coact with thepockets for holding the device against outward movement while the flange15 will coact with the adjacent edges of the pad and blotter for holdingthe device against inward movement. Furthermore, it 1s to be "noted, asparticularly shown in Fig. 2, that the end portions of the flange 14Withinthe pockets will, by their upward bulge within the pockets, serveto tension the pockets over the end portions" 16 of the device. Thistensioning ot the pockets will, in turn, result'in' causing the" pocketsto clamp the device against the blotter 12 so that the flange 14 will beyieldably held to contact throughout its entire lhe ClBVlCG Wlll' neaththe device. as will be readily under stood 'a pair of the devices may,shown in Fig. 1, be'employed, or, if'desired; one of thedevices may, asillustrated in Fig. 3, be used at each margin of the pad and blotter. Inthis figur I have coi'iventionaliy shown the pad at 17, this padbenigsub stantially identical with the pad 1'0 and carrying a blotter18. H a 7' It will thus be seen that l pro-videa particularly simple andeii cctive device for the purpose set 'foi tl1.:]l l hen used upon a pador blotten'the device will, as will nowv'be clear, notonly. protect themarginsfof the pad or blotter against wear but the flange 15 0; thedevice. will, ineach instance also cover oneisid'e edge ofthe blotter erpad soas to obi *iate-thecommon unsightly a1 pearance of said edges.JFurt iermore, when the device 1s used in connection with the .type ofpad employing a stiff body the device will, as will also now be clear,tend to prevent. warping of the pad body. -Also, asivlll be seen, thedevice w ll prevent pencils, or other round ob ects from rolling'ottappad and, as shown in they drawings, a

' measuring scale may be imprinted orotherwise arranged upon the flange14 of the dethe invention,

7 ing portionsat the end portions of the strip.

2. A device of the character described including an elongated strip bodyprovided at its inner margin with a flange to contact the upper face ofa pad and provided at its outer margin with a depending guard flangeterminating shortof the ends of the body to define pocket enteringportions at the end portions of the body.

A device of the character described including an elongated strip bodyprovided at its inner margin with a flange to contact the upper face ofa pad and provided at its outer margin with a dependingguard flangeterminating short of thedends o f the body to define pocket enteringportionsythe first flange being disposed at an angle'w th respect tojthestrip body'to bear upwardly beneathpad pockets engaged by theenteringportions for clamping the free edge of such flange against-thepad.

a-As a new article of manufacture a protector and guard tordesk pads orthe lilxfe includin an elon ated uard striaa, b t: 1

provided at its outer edge with adepending stopfiange and at its endportions with reduced pad pocket entering members. 7 1 11 testimonywhereofl affix my signa- ANDREW s. FISHER. 11. a]

ture.

